SOLUTION: I have a homework question that says: A county comission has set aside 640 acres of land for a wildlife preserve suppose 2/5 of the preserve is marshland, how many acres of prese

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Question 668064: I have a homework question that says:
A county comission has set aside 640 acres of land for a wildlife preserve
suppose 2/5 of the preserve is marshland, how many acres of preserve is the marshland

Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) About Me  (Show Source):
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2/5 of 640acres is marshland
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"of" means multiply
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acres
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